Thursday, 29 August 2013

WHATS ON AT THIS YEARS GRIMMFEST 2013

If you love brand new and classic horror,
cult, extreme fantasy and Sci-fi movies then GRIMMFEST is for you. We
pride ourselves on bringing you the very best in new genre film from
around the world.

Movie premieres, special film maker and celebrity
guests and a handful of genre classics on display and we’ve partnered
with the BFI to present some of our special screenings as part of their
country wide Gothic season.

Now in its fifth year, Grimmfest has quickly become
the premiere UK festival of genre film outside of London, and this year
is our biggest yet!

3 Venues… 5 days… 36 films!

Grimmfest 2013 will launch on October 2nd
with a special preview night at the spectacular 1200-seater Art Deco
Super Cinema, Stockport Plaza. This will feature a screening of the
fully-restored 40th Anniversary rerelease of cult classic THE WICKER MAN
and Q&A with the film’s director Robin Hardy, A special preview of
the CHILD’S PLAY reboot CURSE OF CHUCKY (TBC), which is wowing horror
audiences at international festivals already, and, in celebration of the
Bicentennial of a certain book of fairy tales by the festival’s
illustrious namesakes, the Brothers Grimm, the black-hearted stoner
comedy HANSEL AND GRETEL GET BAKED. There will also be the world premiere of the short film RADIO SILENCE by Mat Johns, whose previous short, RUN was something of an internet sensation.

Our Gala opening night features two brand new UK horrors from female horror producer who’s making waves, Jennifer Handorf, with THE BORDERLANDS directed by first timer Elliot Goldner and CRAZY FOR YOU,
directed by James Moran (Zombies Vs Cockneys, Severance) and starring
Arthur Darvill (Dr Who) and Hanna Tointon (The Inbetweeners, The Hour).
Members of the cast and crew from both movies will be with us on the
night.

Further festival highlights will include a make-up
workshop and Q&A with SFX maestro Shaune Harrison, whose work was
most recently showcased in WORLD WAR Z. A HELLRAISER screening with original cast in attendance. The English premiere of surreal Southern Gothic shocker JUGFACE from the producers of the 2011 horror hit THE WOMAN. European premieres include; the chilling coming of age story FOUND, brilliantly tense German serial killer thriller ON AIR, and the return of iconic genre legend Barbara Steele in THE BUTTERFLY ROOM.

THE MACHINE a new UK sci-fi thriller that’s being compared to BLADE RUNNER and has lit up festivals such as Fantasia and Tribeca this year, is our closing night movie.

The festival also boasts its very own “fringe”, which
will feature some of the more left-field, challenging, independent
films of the festival. These will include the UK premieres of HOUSE OF 100 EYES, a gruelling social satire about a suburban couple struggling to make a snuff movie, THANATOMORPHOSE, a harrowing study of mental and physical decay, and TO JENNIFER,
a found-footage road movie into the heart of psychological darkness
from James Cullen Bressack, whose previous, debut, feature was one of
the most controversial talking points of last year’s festival.

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